As U.S President Barack Obama openly declared his support for same-sex marriage,  gays and lesbians have reached a new milestone in their decades-long journey for equality in the eyes of the law and the world. Theirs was a struggle that is dated 30 years ago.  The movement hit a big chunk of iceberg in 1996 when the Defense of Marriage  Act was enacted (DOMA) - this prohibits the federal state to recognize marriages of the same sex and for states to also shun marriages of this nature t...

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